But what if Mad Dog Samurai One Man Army also embroiders?

It reminded me of experience points a little. Which seemed a little ironic. Good article, just kinda wondered if you were going to mention 'mana' somewhere.

Also, to the spelling bee warriors, this is very unbadass. You all lose some BP and all of your mana.

Go Osoto a tiger for Kano's sake.

But if someone is already a badass, and spells extremely well, does that make them more or less of a badass?

See, clearly being a brilliant scientific mind like many superheros just makes them more badass. Breaker Morant's fairly good poetry and beautiful singing voice made him more badass. A surprising number of fictional detectives cook well. The Saint and the Shadow were both terrific dancers.

But if someone is already a badass, and spells extremely well, does that make them more or less of a badass?

See, clearly being a brilliant scientific mind like many superheros just makes them more badass. Breaker Morant's fairly good poetry and beautiful singing voice made him more badass. A surprising number of fictional detectives cook well. The Saint and the Shadow were both terrific dancers.

I study a Japanese influenced system (strikes, throws, locks, grappling & weaponry for 10+ years) and Jigoro Kano is a major influence in the training. It isn't the techniques taught but how he showed they should be trained that is a great part of his legacy.
He wanted his students to experience high resistance training without crippling them so compiled techniques that wouldn't constantly snap necks, knees or other joints, he encouraged control and wanted results to be based on technique and skill, not brute strength (you will always find someone stronger than you), then had them go at it with full force.
Sporting events were not a part of the original intent so the Competition Judo of today shouldn't reflect on his bad-assery. He covered the throwing and the ground game originally but people seeking to win contests narrowed their focus - mostly gaining points on a good throw in a weight class division. The Jujutsu(sic) of his day had 'deadly' techniques but they would be practiced in formal patterns, with high partner complience, this played a huge factor in his students success when being tested by the police academy. BJJ brought his resistance training and strategy back into the ground game that was slowly being lost in Judo. Watching a BJJ video doesn't provide many surprises, the pins, choke and locks are not 'new', but the intensity and strategy has been brought back, it makes one want to grab a friend and start rolling about.
To my mind a large part of his toughness comes from his ability to train against a non-complient partner but keep his mind in control. He could do a powerful Hip-Throw and ensure the Uke lands on his back, not their head. Some people I've trained with can certainly throw but lose track of the world around them in the process.
Jigoro Kano, took centuries of Martial Tradition and improved it, while still a young fellow. FREAKING BAD ASS!!

"At some point afterward he was one of the participants in a Jiujitsu demonstration for US President Ulysses S. Grant. We only mention this because including Americans in a story geared at an American audience is always a good strategy. Plus, Grant was probably drunk out of his goddamn mind which would explain why Jiujitsu didn't really catch on in the US until many years later."

Grant, however, redeems himself by getting 1000 badass points for winning the War between the States.

Only ONE FREAKING KID in all of 7th and 8th grade thought Kano was cool enough to do a project on. And Jaylin is a blackbelt in Choi Kwang Do or some bullshit, so he didn't even think Kano was a big deal (since obviously he could beat him up or something). I should've had our resident Judo blackbelt (the kindergarden teacher) come woop some ass.

Anyways, Jigoro Kano has to lose some major badass points for getting beaten by both Momofuku Ando and Daisuke Inoue.